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  1. Testament

From the recording Personal Demons

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CD Title: Personal Demons
Song Title: Testament
Music & Lyrics by Dodd Michael Lede

Mixed by: Steve Valenzuela
Recorded by: Mike BBQ

Musicians:
Dodd Michael Lede, Matt Peters, Brad McKechnie, Fred Morecraft, Jude Cwalenski, Shawna Cole

Lyrics

Ain’t no living’s being made
On this fishing boat today
Empty nets, they don’t get paid
I do my best, I don’t complain

I spend my waking hours
On this rustic bayou.
But destiny put its hands on me &
Said, son here let me guide you.

No one has ever come between the blues & me
But you’re the only one that knows just what that means.

When I’m gone lay my bones
Under the birch trees in Ohio
Throw the rest of me out in the bayou
‘Cause these blues that I own
They took me miles away from home
But they were testament to my survival

At seventeen I left my home
Guided by the weaker sex
She led me down
To that swampy ground
To a two-bit shotgun shack.
I learned to live
In a place most call denial
But there’s a part of me
Running wild & free
But I can’t leave the bayou

No one has ever come between the blues & me
But you’re the only one knows just what that means

When I’m gone lay my bones
Under the birch trees in Ohio
Throw the rest of me out in the bayou
‘Cause these blues that I own
They took me miles away from home
But they were testament to my survival

When life puts you to the test
And tragedy is on a quest just to find you
I’ll be floatin’ down the stream
Just like I’m living in a dream
Out on the bayou

When I’m gone lay my bones
Under the birch trees in Ohio
Throw the rest of me out in the bayou
‘Cause these blues that I own
They took me miles away from home
But they were testament to my survival
When I’m gone lay my bones
Under the birch trees in Ohio
Throw the rest of me out in the bayou
‘Cause these blues that I own
They took me miles away from home
But they were testament to my survival

One of the great things about music is that it lives on forever!!”

— Dodd Michael Lede